tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post5036309989218477447..comments2014-04-23T11:55:52.572-04:00Comments on Into the LIGHT: Tombstone Tuesday - Perseverance PAYS!Renate Sandershttps://plus.google.com/108069414713888879544noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-22485092454897580922012-09-24T09:10:42.557-04:002012-09-24T09:10:42.557-04:00What a beautiful story. I have 2 exact situations...What a beautiful story. I have 2 exact situations that i found last month in NJ. MY gg grandparents has never had a marker. 3 members in an unmrked grave from the 1940&#39;s. Questioned family and no knows anything. Second family plot in nother cemetry the ground markers for 5 family markers have been taken over by the ground and grass. NOTHING THERE. Talked to the office and they were snippy and said we have to contact the stone marker company to have the raised. A total nightmare that is about money for them and total heartache for us!Lisa Taiseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04253477173808426796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-80775890657750519712012-05-12T08:33:12.784-04:002012-05-12T08:33:12.784-04:00Renate, I&#39;m late of course, but this was a won...Renate, I&#39;m late of course, but this was a wonderfully touching story. I thinking the ancestors led you to that photograph--without it, you may have never found her. I know your great grandmother was smiling down at you;)Robynhttp://msualumni.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-15055316139721663322012-04-20T09:53:21.205-04:002012-04-20T09:53:21.205-04:00Thanks, Kristin. Sorry to hear about your situati...Thanks, Kristin. Sorry to hear about your situation in Detroit. Hopefully, they will decide to work with you and be more helpful in the future. (Send them this blog post!) :)<br /><br />RenateRenatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289031155721526652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-58059057785224931202012-04-18T20:23:01.160-04:002012-04-18T20:23:01.160-04:00I am so glad you had a good outcome!! We had a sim...I am so glad you had a good outcome!! We had a similar situation with my grandparents grave in an African American cemetery in the Detroit area. They still have the records but the markers are not to be found and they have zero interest in being at all helpful. I don&#39;t understand it. It&#39;s really disturbing. Again, I&#39;m HAPPY you had a good outcome and YAY! for photographs!!Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-50748265941688113272012-04-18T19:40:15.590-04:002012-04-18T19:40:15.590-04:00Thanks, everyone. This really was very rewarding, ...Thanks, everyone. This really was very rewarding, although a bit disturbing, too. I mean, how many other grave markers have disappeared? How many other burial/funeral records have been destroyed? I guess we&#39;ll never really know.<br /><br />RenateRenatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289031155721526652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-9820487898813211732012-04-18T15:21:36.701-04:002012-04-18T15:21:36.701-04:00Congrats on finding the headstone. I hate when old...Congrats on finding the headstone. I hate when old records are destroyed, just wish someone in that office had a genealogist&#39;s heart.LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-32619457214041246612012-04-18T10:14:51.363-04:002012-04-18T10:14:51.363-04:00What an amazing story showcasing your perseverance...What an amazing story showcasing your perseverance to reveal what you knew was there. So happy you were able to locate the stone and reveal where your family was buried.Andrea Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711352023496985469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-78880771367217045852012-04-17T22:42:56.422-04:002012-04-17T22:42:56.422-04:00Oh, Renate, how wonderful!Oh, Renate, how wonderful!Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754623831815018924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-9225331316021980862012-04-17T20:17:21.908-04:002012-04-17T20:17:21.908-04:00There are so many other stories contained in this ...There are so many other stories contained in this one story! The sad story is that the new company threw away the previous owner&#39;s records. I would assume that one would understand that there was a legacy that should have been preserved! But the photo--thank goodness you found it! That stone has been buried for some time!! Thanks for sharing this story!Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.com